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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ONTARIO REIGN

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ONTARIO REIGN

Mar 23, 2025

Iowa Wild (22-32-4-1; 49 pts.) vs. Ontario Reign (35-21-3-1; 74 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Ontario Reign complete a weekend series on Sunday at 3 p.m. on Pucks ‘N’ Paws Day, presented by Dog Training Elite. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 7-6-1-1 (4-2-1-0 at Wells Fargo Arena, 3-4-0-1 at Ontario)  

Last Time: Ben Jones scored twice and Tyler Madden scored his first goal in a Wild uniform to power Iowa to a 4-2 win over Ontario at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday night... Travis Boyd also scored for the Wild... Samuel Hlavaj turned aside 33-of-35 shots... Pheonix Copley stopped 28-of-32 shots... Iowa went 1-for-3 on the power play 

2019-20: Iowa 2-2-0-0 against Ontario during the last season series... Louie Belpedio (1-3=4), Sam Anas (0-4=4), and Kyle Rau (0-4=4) led the Wild in points... Mat Robson posted a record of 2-0-0 with a 1.44 GAA and a .947 SV%... The Wild finished 5-for-24 on the power play against the Reign 

TEAM NOTES 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa has won two of three games against Ontario this season... Saturday’s contest was the first to be decided by fewer than three goals... Graeme Clarke (2-2=4), Liam Öhgren (0-4=4), and Glenn Gawdin (3-1=4) lead the season series in scoring 

FINE NINE: Iowa has earned points in seven of the last nine games (6-2-1-0)... The Wild have scored three or more goals in every game in which the team picked up a point... Iowa has outshot opponents twice in those nine contests 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s power play is 5-for-9 in the last two games... The Wild snapped a seven-game streak of allowing a power-play goal on Saturday 

PLAY BY PERIOD: The Wild have scored in the second period in four games in a row... Iowa has not allowed a third period goal in the last three games 

FIRST WITH THE WILD 

  • Tyler Madden scored his first goal with the Iowa Wild on Saturday night 

  • Madden’s goal came against his former team 

  • The Minnesota Wild traded Joseph Cecconi for Madden on Feb. 26 

  • Madden recorded 128 points (58-70=128) in 251 career games with Ontario from 2021-25) 

HOT HANDS 

  • Ben Jones (3-4=7) has points in three games in a row 

  • Liam Öhgren (2-3=5) has registered points in back-to-back games 

  • Travis Boyd has five points (3-2=5) in his last two games 

  • Grame Clarke has recorded four points (2-2=4) in Iowa’s last two games 

  • Samuel Hlavaj has won back-to-back starts 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

  • Pheonix Copley has started 13 of Ontario’s last 14 games 

  • Prior to Saturday’s game, Copley had allowed three goals or fewer in 11 starts in a row 

  • Glenn Gawdin has seven points (4-3=7) in his last seven games 

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